Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 153

• December 7, 2016 01:00:52 Sue Bryant

  This you stick on the God so it is very easy

  for any one to say that they have gilded

  a Buddist God in Burma. After leaving

  here we next went to see what is called

  the Turtle Ponds, this is an expance of

  water about 200 yards square, in which

  is a great quantity of turtles some of

  them being an emmence size. As one

  approches this pond he is very soon

  surrounded by natives of all ages &

  from which there is no escape until he

  has paid 2 annas (2’) for a small plate

  of some native fruit with which you

  are supposed to feed the turtles. Care

  must be taken here & not to do as one

  of our men did, he wanted to appear

  large & after throwing in this fruit

  (which very much resembles a walnut

  in appearance only it is soft instead of

  hard) he threw in the Plate as well, but

  he was very soon surrounded by these

  Natives & if it had not been for the

  men with him he would have been

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